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District Court Vacates Regulation II’s Debit Card Interchange Fee Standard

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On August 6, the US District Court for the District of North Dakota, in Corner Post, Inc. v. Bd. of Governors of Fed. Rsrv. Sys., vacated the entirety of Regulation II – the Federal Reserve Board’s framework for setting debit...more

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ND District Court Invalidates Longstanding Debit Card Interchange Rule

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On August 6, 2025, in Corner Post, Inc. v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota (the “Court”) granted Corner Post’s motion for summary judgment, finding...more

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Federal Court Vacates Federal Reserve’s Interchange Fee Rule

On August 6, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota vacated the Federal Reserve’s 2011 Regulation II interchange fee cap rule, finding that the rule allegedly exceeded the FRB’s authority under the Durbin...more

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Payment Trends in 2024

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This edition of Fintech Flash identifies key issues we anticipate will impact the payments industry in 2024. First, the payments regulatory landscape continues to evolve, with a number of proposed rulemakings published by the...more

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Lower Debit Card Fees for Merchants

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The Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) proposes to lower fees for debit card purchases. The FRB announced proposed rulemaking to reset its Durbin Amendment cap on interchange fees to 17.7 cents on an average transaction from 24.5...more

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Federal Reserve Considering Lowering Debit Card Interchange Fee Caps (UPDATED)

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As we previously blogged, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (the “Board”) held an open meeting on October 25, 2023 to discuss the debit card interchange fee cap. The debit card interchange fee cap was part of the...more

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Federal Reserve Board Proposes Adjusting Debit Interchange Caps in Accordance with the Durbin Amendment

The Federal Reserve Board announced proposed changes to Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing), which is the implementing regulation of the Durbin Amendment to the Dodd-Frank Act....more

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Federal Reserve Proposes Changes to Modernize the Durbin Amendment to Prevent Exclusivity in Online Purchases

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Nearly a decade after promulgation of Regulation II — better known as the Durbin Amendment — the Federal Reserve Board proposed changes to modernize the regulation by clarifying that the exclusivity prohibition applies to...more

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Durbin interchange battles resurface

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The Fed’s final rule implementing the Durbin Amendment (Regulation II) went into effect in October 2011.  Nearly ten years later, the final rule is still provoking controversy in the form of a new lawsuit and proposed...more

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Bankers Win Latest Interchange Battle

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently reversed a lower court decision and upheld the interchange rules adopted by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) under the so-called Durbin Amendment to the...more

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D.C. District Court Finds Fed Interchange Rules Are Invalid

On July 31, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (“District Court”) issued a sharply worded Memorandum Opinion in the merchant litigation with the Federal Reserve Board (“Board”) regarding the Board’s...more

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Federal Court Declares Debit Card Interchange Fee Rule Provisions Invalid

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A Washington, D.C., federal district court has declared that the interchange fee and network non-exclusivity provisions of the Federal Reserve Board’s final debit card interchange fee rule are invalid....more

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Fed Issues Study On Interchange Fees For Smaller Debit Card Issuers

The Dodd-Frank Act exempted small debit card issuers from the interchange fee standard set forth in the regulations which were adopted, but not from the statute’s prohibition on network exclusivity....more

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